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Character and Offices of Christ. Col. 3. 11

J. Hart S.M.

1 Christ is the eternal Rock, On which his church is built; The Shepherd of his little flock; The Lamb that took our guilt; Our Counsellor, our Guide, Our Brother, and our Friend; The Bridegroom of his chosen bride, Who loves her to the end.

2 [He is the Son to free; The Bishop he to bless; The full Propitiation he; The Lord our Righteousness; His body’s glorious Head; Our Advocate that pleads; Our Priest that prayed, atoned and bled, And ever intercedes.]

3 Let all obedient souls Their grateful tribute bring, Submit to Jesus’ righteous rules, And bow before the King. Our Prophet, Christ, expounds His and our Father’s will; This good Physician cures our wounds With tenderness and skill.

4 [When sin had sadly made, ’Twixt wrath and mercy, strife, Our dear Redeemer dearly paid Our ransom with his life. Faith gives the full release; Our Surety for us stood; The Mediator made the peace, And signed it with his blood.]

5 [Soldiers, your Captain own; Domestics, serve your Lord; Sinners, the Saviour’s love make known; Saints, hymn the incarnate Word; The Witness sure and true Of God’s good will to men, The Alpha and the Omega too, The First and Last. Amen.]

6 Poor pilgrims shall not stray, Who frighted flee from wrath; A bleeding Jesus is the Way, And blood tracks all the path. Christians in Christ obtain The Truth that can’t deceive; And never shall they die again, Who in the Life believe.